Bidspirit auction | Pirkenhammer Avignon Pattern Porcelain Tableware

Pirkenhammer Avignon Pattern Porcelain Tableware Set - A set of fine porcelain tableware manufactured by the Pirkenhammer factory in Czechoslovakia and decorated in the Avignon pattern. The pieces feature a white porcelain ground decorated with an all-over gold lace or millefleurs transfer motif of delicate golden flowers and vines. Each item is finished with heavily gilded, scalloped rims. The lot includes a large footed soup tureen with a matching lid that features ornate gilded handles and a scrolled finial. Accompanying the tureen is its original matching white porcelain ladle. The set further contains a single place setting consisting of a dinner plate, a rimmed soup bowl, a salad plate, a bread and butter plate, a teacup, and a saucer. Each piece is marked on the underside with an underglaze green backstamp showing two crossed hammers beneath a crown, the text PIRKENHAMMER, Czechoslovakia, and the pattern name Avignon in script. Tureen: 9 x 13 x 9 inches. Location: 6B